A mid-term campaign rally set the stage for two diesel mechanics to receive pardons for violations of the Clean Air Act.
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Justice Department also stops pursuing criminal charges for installers of defeat devices and other emission-evading practices.
Pavel Ivanovich Turlak also pled guilty to fraudulently obtaining hundreds of thousands of dollars in COVID-19 relief funding.
Diesel & Offroad Authority and its owner, Christopher Paul Kaufman, 39, were each sentenced to probation and ordered to pay $150,000.
Admits he directed employees to tamper with federally required pollution control hardware on hundreds of diesel trucks for $538,477 in fees.
Southern Diesel tampered with the emission control monitoring devices and systems, often charging thousands of dollars per vehicle for the modifications.
Shop ordered to pay $148,733 fine and will be placed on three years probation; owner to serve six months in federal prison.
